Thursday 21st August 2025

Culture

HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL at Fringe

★★★☆☆ Everything I write ends up being about grief – I suppose this review only proves that point. HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL, created by Chicago-based comedian Brendan Tran, pays...

Beyond the binary: Leigh Bowery’s radical individuality

Tate Modern's "Leigh Bowery!" refuses easy categorisation—much like its subject A fashion student from Sunshine,...

St Anne’s goes All-Steinway: A purposeful and bold commitment to music

In a move that lives up to its motto of ‘Consulto et Audacter’ (purposefully...

Just like the movies: An American’s notes on her Oxford year

Oxford occupies a mystical, almost fantastical place within the American psyche – so much...

Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Sarah McGuigan enjoys this modernised Shakespeare

Review: Holloway – Robert Macfarlane

Max Long is both awed and repelled by Macfarlane's mixture of sinister and beautiful

Review: RSC’s A Mad World My Masters

A triumphant musical farce at the Royal Shakespeare Company

The Oxford clubber’s festival guide

From Glastonbury to Purple Turtle, this guide has it all

Cherwell’s summer reading: part 1

Feeling nostalgic about reading lists? Cherwell is here to help

Playing the Game with Strauss

Nick Mutch talks to Neil Strauss, of ‘the Game’, about how to interview celebrities, seduce women and the joys of journalism

Spotlight on…OUDS 24-Hour Play

A chat with the talented thesps behind the speediest production of term

Review: The Oxford Revue

Deadpan, farce and parody produce a comedy cocktail that goes down a treat

Preview: Dealer’s Choice

Ineffably pleasing dialogue requires tighter direction

Review: Dealer’s Choice

A witty and blackly comic production with a deft script and cohesive cast

Sounds of English Summer

Cherwell Music would like to apologize for any confusion caused by our misleadingly summery playlist, 'Sounds of Summer'. We hope you find this more seasonal.

Review: Jon Hopkins – Immunity

Max Long is fascinated by the subtlety of Jon Hopkins' latest endeavour

Review: The Big Wedding

Delia Lockey reviews the new film 'The Big Wedding'

Interview: Lewis Watson

Jack Chown has a word with the up-and-coming Oxford acoustic man

Review: Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork…

Matt Broomfield takes a look at the latest tick on the QUOTSA clock

Interview: Afrika Bambaataa

Bam! And the hip hop is gone...

Yes We Cannes

Georgina Pollard gives us the lowdown on this year's Cannes Film Festival

Review: Up the Women

As conventional sitcoms go, Jessica Hynes has done an admirable job

Preview: The Sunset Limited

Helen Reid previews the 8th week brunch-time production of Cormac McCarthy's dramatic novel, The Sunset Limited.

The Wishing Horse

Ever wanted to make a short film? Here’s how. Cherwell asked Alexander Darby to share his experience making The Wishing Horse

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